Allenstown rejects town and school budgets

By Ryan O'ConnorUnion Leader CorrespondentMarch 11. 2014 11:49PMALLENSTOWN – With so much attention paid to the amended Allenstown School District budget, which failed to the delight of most local parents, few may have noticed the municipal budget failed as well.

The proposed $3,682,091 town allocation failed by a vote of 457-382. The default budget is $3,837,639.

The school district budget failed, 634-306, adding nearly $1 million back to the school district stipend.

Manchester school board members voted Monday night to accept an offer from Alderman At-Large and attorney Joseph Kelly Levasseur to represent the district “free of charge” in a lawsuit...

Efforts are under way at the State House to strengthen protections for health care workers in the wake of injury reports by nurses and other staff at state-run facilities like New Hampshire Hospital...